The “high level” recommendations that will be used to draft future EU legislation also attack David Cameron for failing to automatically implement proposals by the Lord Justice Leveson inquiry for a state regulation of British press.

A “high level” EU panel, that includes Latvia’s former president and a former German justice minister, was ordered by Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice-president, last year to report on “media freedom and pluralism”. It has concluded that it is time to introduce new rules to rein in the press.

[2] Now police place journalists in same bracket as criminals: Officers will be forced to name any friends who work in the media… or face the sack: http://www.prisonplanet.com/now-police-place-journalists-in-same-bracket-as-criminals-officers-will-be-forced-to-name-any-friends-who-work-in-the-media-or-face-the-sack.html